The Effect of Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility on Environmental Performance and Business Competitiveness: The Mediation of Green Information Technology Capital

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 991-1009

  Chuang, Shun Pin ^a   Huang, Sun Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business competitiveness; Environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR); Environmental performance; Green IT capital; Green IT human capital; Green IT relational capital; Green IT structural capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963682738     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3167-x     Document Type: Article

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